You’re reading through your latest edition of Mary Jane’s Farm magazine and you see an article on making ink out of walnut husks, and you know you can’t do it now, but you SO WANT to remember HOW to make it “just in case you ever have to.” What do […]
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8 Things to Stop Doing to Make 2019 Your Best Year
We ALL have them. You know “them,” those nasty habits that seem to curtail our progress. It’s like you love to hate them or you hate to love them, but they are always there nagging at you and me. It’s often easier to add new things than it is to stop […]
8 Things to Start Doing in 2019 to Make This Your Best Year
If you knew that you had just one year to get your house in order before the excrement hits the rotating cooling device, what would your goals for the year be? How would you go about preparing your family to survive such an event? What steps could you take this […]
2019 Goals, Plans, Posts, Projects
I spent some time this last week looking over this past year and it’s accomplishments. I also spent some time thinking about next year. What do I want to accomplish? Are there specific kinds of posts do I want to write for you? What projects do I want to tackle […]
Lessons Learned in 2018 – Personal, Preparedness, and Professional
Christmas is Tuesday. New Years follows the week after. Even in the midst of the busyness of the season, I am caused to pause and reflect on this year and the things that I’ve learned. As I get older and my children grow, life has seemed to pick up a […]
Preparedness Kit #5 – Kid Kit – Why You Need One and How to Put One Together
When disaster strikes, your rambunctious seven-year-old will still need something to keep him occupied.
Firsthand Account of the California Wildfires
While I’ve lived through a tornado and a series of riots, I’ve never lived through a wildfire. The California Camp Fire devastated more than 146,000 ACRES. Heather Cleek, one of the readers here, lives just 15 miles from Paradise California and has a firsthand account of the fire to share with us […]
Prepper Kit #4 – Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Kit
This is part 5 in the Prepper Kit series. If you want to catch the others you can find them here: 10 Kits to Put Together Today to Be Ready for Tomorrow Kit #1 – Providing Your Family with Light Kit #2 – The Kit Your Family Needs This Winter […]
Prepper Kit #3 – Clothing Repair Kit (And What to Do if You Don’t Sew)
This is part 4 in the Prepper Kit series. If you want to catch the others you can find them here: 10 Kits to Put Together Today to Be Ready for Tomorrow Kit #1 – Providing Your Family with Light Kit #2 – The Kit Your Family Needs This Winter […]
9 Steps to Take to Prepare for a Riot
Okay, I can see the look on some of your faces. There’s no way to predict a riot, so how can you prepare? Well, truth be told, you can’t predict a tornado, a stock market collapse, or a wildfire. So really while preparing for a riot FEELS different, it’s really […]